1. Edwin Morgan Textual Analysis
Comparative Question - Mark Distribution
Explaining commonality = 2 marks
(You won’t get marks just for repeating the question. You must give an explanation of how each text meets the needs of the question)
Relevant quote and explanation from printed text = 2 marks
Relevant quote and explanation from other text(s) x2 = 4 marks

2. Edwin Morgan Textual Analysis
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Read the question carefully and answer it
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Comparative Question - Mark Distribution
Identify commonality = 2 marks
(remember, you won’t get marks just for repeating the question. You must give an explanation of how each text meets the needs of the question)
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Quote and explain from other text(s) x2 = 4 marks

3. ‘Trio' Comparative Question
By referring closely to this poem and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how the writer uses language to create a striking visual impression or scene (8)
Mark Distribution
Identify commonality = 2 marks
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Quote and explain from other text x2 = 4 marks

4. ‘Trio' Comparative Question
By referring closely to this poem and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how the writer uses language to create a striking visual impression or scene
Identify commonality = 2 marks
In both ‘Trio’ and ‘In the Snack-bar’, Morgan uses language to create a striking visual impression (0)
In ‘Trio’, language is used to create a positive impression of three friends walking down Buchanan Street before Christmas. Morgan’s description of the scene gives a striking impression of their happiness and friendship (1)
In ‘In the Snack-bar’, Morgan describes the experience of helping an old disabled man to the toilet. Through his use of language we are given a strong visual impression of the man’s disability and the challenges that he faces. (1)

5. ‘Trio' Comparative Question
By referring closely to this poem and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how the writer uses language to create a striking visual impression or scene
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Trio
“the three of them are laughing, their breath rises
in a cloud of happiness” (1)
Metaphor
Their breath on a cold night is being compared to a large visible body of condensed water vapour
Just as a cloud is large so too are they laughing a lot
This creates a strong visual impression as we appreciate how cold the night is, as their breath is visible, but also how joyful they are together, as they are laughing a lot (1)

6. ‘Trio' Comparative Question
By referring closely to this poem and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how the writer uses language to create a striking visual impression or scene
Quote and explain from other text(s) x2 = 4 marks
‘In the Snack-bar’
“He stands in his stained beltless gaberdine
like a monstrous animal caught in a tent” (1)
Word choice
“Monstrous” means to be like a monster
It has connotations of being freakish and mis-shapen
This creates a strong visual impression because it helps us understand how severe the man’s disabilities are, and also how strange he appears to the people around him and their negative judgements of him (1)

7. ‘Trio' Comparative Question
By referring closely to this poem and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how the writer uses language to create a striking visual impression or scene
Quote and explain from other text(s) x2 = 4 marks
‘In the Snack-bar’
“He shambles
uncouth into the clinical gleam.” (1)
Morgan uses contrast
“Shambles uncouth” describes the man’s awkward and uncomfortable movements
“clinical gleam” makes it clear how clean and shiny the bathroom is
This contrast creates a clear scene of the man in the bathroom and highlights further how difficult he finds it to fit in with the world around him. (1)

8. In your groups answer the following question
Now you try
In your groups answer the following question
Question
By closely referring to this (Trio) and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how Morgan uses personal experiences to explore wider themes (8)
Mark Distribution
Explain commonality = 2 marks
(remember, you won’t get marks just for repeating the question. You must give an explanation of how each text meets the needs of the question)
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Quote and explain from other text x2 = 4 marks

9. Answer this question on your own
Now you try
Answer this question on your own
Question
With close textual reference, discuss in what ways this poem (Trio) contrasts in mood to another poem or poems by Morgan you have studied. You may refer to ideas and/or language in your answer (8)
Mark Distribution
Identify commonality = 2 marks
(remember, you won’t get marks just for repeating the question. You must give an explanation of how each text meets the needs of the question)
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Quote and explain from other text x2 = 4 marks

10. Answer this question on your own
Now you try
Answer this question on your own
Question
By closely referring to this poem (Trio) and at least one other poem by Morgan, show how he uses his poetry to communicate an important message (8)
Mark Distribution
Identify commonality = 2 marks
(remember, you won’t get marks just for repeating the question. You must give an explanation of how each text meets the needs of the question)
Quote and explain from printed text = 2 marks
Quote and explain from other text x2 = 4 marks